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Helen Sung, Le Boeuf Brothers, The Smithsonian Jazz Masterworks Orchestra, Carolyn Lee Jones and more
by Benjamin Boddie
Today's Music--Right Now! Fantastic music by Helen Sung Big Band, Le Boeuf Brothers, The Smithsonian Jazz Masterworks Orchestra, Carolyn Lee Jones, Reid Hoyson Project, Tristan Cappel, Lou Marini And The Italian Groovers, Anthony Caceres, Fuller Sound, Tumbao Bravo With Paul Vornhagen, Billy Childs, Ted Chubb, Chris Aschman, Gergana Velinova, New Jazz Underground, Erica Von Kleist, Emmet Cohen, Andrea Miller, Bria Skonberg, Mike Bruzzese, Ray Obiedo, Javier Nero Jazz Orchestra, Arturo Sandoval, Eve Cornelious, Virginia MacDonald, Bobby Broom, Gabriel Espinosa, Catherine ...
Continue ReadingFive new releases from the Helen Sung Big Band, Michael Dease Big Band, Brad Goode, Robyn Spangler and the Django Festival All-Stars
by George Graham
George Graham spotlights five new jazz releases from Helen Sung Big Band, Michael Dease, Brad Goode, Robyn Spangler, and the Django Festival All-StarsPlaylist Helen Sung Big Band “Convergence" from Oracles (Sunnyside) 4:59 Helen Sung Big Band “Wayne's World" from Oracles (Sunnyside) 6:25 Michael Dease Big Band “You Know I Love You" from Return Trajectory (Origin) 5:55 Michael Dease Big Band “Shoreline" from Return Trajectory (Origin) 6:47 Brad Goode Quintet “Half Moon" from Live Your Dreams (Origin) 11:12 Brad ...
Continue ReadingBen Patterson, Robyn Spangler, Michael Dease, Jun Iida & Helen Sung
by Joe Dimino
The 962nd Episode of Neon Jazz launches with the brilliant pianist Helen Sung at the helm of her dynamic big band, opening the hour with music from her inspiring 2026 release, --a powerful tribute to the artists and visionaries who helped shape her musical path. From there, we journey deep into the vibrant pulse of modern jazz, spotlighting some of the most accomplished veterans and creative forces defining the genre in 2026. Along the way, we occasionally step away from ...
Continue ReadingHelen Sung Big Band: Oracles
by Katchie Cartwright
"The jazz bandstand is where true democracy lives," the great saxophonist and composer Jimmy Heath told a young Helen Sung. “Everyone must understand their role and come prepared by doing the hard work of study and practice," he said. “Each person will get to say their piece, but it is in the act of integrating as a band that the musicians ultimately create something bigger, richer, and deeper." Oracles launches into a time and place where divisions are deep and ...
Continue ReadingNew Music From Helen Sung, Nolatet, Yoram Rosilio And More
by Bob Osborne
This week an exploration of jazz that spans the spectrum from the vibrant energy of big band arrangements to the avant-garde edges of the contemporary scene. This selection bridges the gap between legendary icons and the modern innovators pushing the genre into new territories. Throughout the playlist, you will find a dialogue between structure and spontaneity. Whether it is the soulful precision of Roy Hargrove and Buster Williams, the boundary-breaking collaborations of Mary Halvorson and Ambrose Akinmusire, or the deep, ...
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Aubrey Johnson, Helen Sung, Dave Douglas, David Hajdu: Lives of the Saints: Portraits in Song with Words by David Hajdu
by Vic Albani
Chi diavolo è David Hajdu? Ce lo insegna il web: David Hajdu (nato nel 1955 a Phillipsburg, New Jersey con origini ungheresi e italiane) è un editorialista laureato alla New York University, autore e professore statunitense alla Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. È stato critico musicale del New Republic per 12 anni ed è redattore musicale di The Nation. Ha dapprima lavorato come illustratore e poi ha cominciato a scrivere per testate di un certo livello quali il Village ...
Continue ReadingJordan VanHemert: Survival of the Fittest
by Gary Fukushima
For most of his life, Jordan VanHemert has been on a quest of growth and mastery as a saxophonist, composer and musician. But equally important have been his efforts to contextualize some of the difficulties of his life experiences within the deeper themes of his DNA, discovering in the process resilience, optimism and joy. Jordan's music is meant to convey empathy and solidarity to others who have also faced challenges in their lives. This album, Jordan's fifth as a leader, ...
Continue ReadingLetizia Gambi & The Jazz Elite With Lenny White, Helen Sung And More At The Cutting Room On April 11th!
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Scott Thompson Public Relations
April 11th. One Night Only! The Cutting Room April 11th, 9:30pm 44 East 32nd St. New York, NY 10016 Band Members Lenny White: Drums Helen Sung: Piano Ollie Bowmann: Double Bass Jisoo Ok: Cello Tom Guarna: Guitar Letizia Gambi's music is a combination of her Neapolitan-Italian roots with the heritage of Black American Jazz. Her Mediterranean passion sings through Jazz's language in a contemporary, ...
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Helen Sung And Dana Gioia: A Fine Joint Effort
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Rifftides by Doug Ramsey
Helen Sung: Sung With Words (Stricker Street Records) In this poetry and jazz collection Helen Sung further validates her position as one of the most accomplished pianists In the New York jazz community, which has an abundance of fine pianists. The quintet supporting Sung thrives on her arrangements and accompaniments as she improvises on themes suggested by seven poems of poet Dana Gioia, former chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts and—not so coincidentally—the brother of jazz writer and ...
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Vocalist Dara Tucker Debuts "The Sun Season" At Smoke Jazz & Supper Club On August 20th Featuring Peter Bernstein, Helen Sung And Donald Edwards
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Greg Bryant
Jazz vocalist and songwriter Dara Tucker will celebrate the release of her new CD, The Sun Season, at New York's Smoke Jazz Club (2751 Broadway) on Wednesday, August 20th. The sets will feature pianist Helen Sung, guitarist Peter Bernstein and drummer Donald Edwards, who also appear on the CD. The third of Dara’s studio releases, The Sun Season is a celebration of life, energy and the human experience though the eyes of a unique singer and composer. The performances will ...
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Money Raised For Litchfield Jazz Camp Scholarships At An Afternoon Of Jazz & Friends
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Lindsey Turner
Litchfield Performing Arts, the not-for-profit producer of The Litchfield Jazz Festival and its teaching arm, Litchfield Jazz Camp, held a successful fundraiser on April 29 at the home of its board president Bob Lenz and his wife Carol. The afternoon was designed to show off the talents of outstanding campers and to introduce a debuting artist at Litchfield Jazz Festival this August at the Goshen Fairgrounds. Under the direction of saxophonist/composer and Operations Director of Litchfield Jazz Camp, Albert Rivera ...
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Helen Sung - (Re)Conception (Steeplechase, 2011)
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Music and More by Tim Niland
Pianist and composer Helen Sung is one of the new vanguard of young musicians re-making the mainstream jazz firmament in her own way by re- interpreting standards and adding her own original repertoire to the mix.
On this album, she performs in a trio setting, accompanied by the extraordinary rhythm section of Peter Washington on bass and Lewis Nash on drums, who have anchored many a great piano trio in the past, particularly with Tommy Flanagan.
This album covers a ...
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Helen Sung & Ron Carter Together on February 6th at the Rubin Museum NYC
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Two for the Show Media
Helen Sung & Ron Carter will be performing in concert together at The Rubin Museum in NYC on Febraury 6th, 2009 at 7:00PM as part of the 2009 Winter/Spring Harlem in the Himalayas Series. Helen Sung – piano Ron Carter – bass “Helen Sung is a musician of serious promise." --John Fidler, AllAboutJazz.com
“Ron Carter is an acknowledged master” --Wall Street Journal Helen Sung/Ron Carter Duo Rubin Museum of Art -150 West 17th Street ...
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Helen Sung Takes the Stage at Encounter 09
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All About Jazz
Helen Sung, award winning jazz pianist, will perform at International Arts Movement’s Encounter 09, “Art in Action,” February 27, 2009 at Tribeca Performing Arts Center (Borough of Manhattan Community College), at 7:30 p.m.
She will share the bill with former US Poet Laureate Billy Collins and painter Makoto Fujimura, former member of the National Council on the Arts and winner of the NEA Chairman’s Medal (2009).
Helen Sung has been called “one of the brightest emerging stars in jazz today.” ...
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STLJN Saturday Video Showcase: Helen Sung, Marcus Strickland and the Metta Quintet
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St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
This week, we've got a grab-bag of videos related to the Metta Quintet, who will be in St. Louis next week to do an educational residency for Jazz St. Louis, culminating in performances at Jazz at the Bistro on Friday, October 31 and Saturday, November 1. As the the official resident ensemble of JazzReach Performing Arts & Education Association in NYC, the Metta Quintet spends a good deal of time in educational ...
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Helen Sung Group CD Release Party @ Chris' Jazz Cafe on Novermber 15
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All About Jazz
Sung's new CD Sungbird (After Albeniz) with saxophonist Marcus Strickland, bassist Reuben Rogers, drummer Nasheet Waits, and percussionist Samuel Torres, is the long-awaited follow-up to Sung two Fresh Sound/New Talent label recordings, Helenistique and Push.
Sung sterling pianism blends Chopinesque lyricism and Bill Evans improvisational logic with a linear and logical sense of swing on the CD 12 tracks, half of which were composed by the leader. The six selections from Albeniz composition - relude, ango, alaguena, erenata, apricho Catalan, ...
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"pianist Helen Sung, whose thoughtful, crystalline solos wowed the Lincoln Center crowd." -Jamie Katz, VIBE.com
"quietly astonishing... She is a musician of serious promise." -John Fidler, All About Jazz
"excellent, high-octane release...Sung's singing lines and bright, crisp sound come shining thru as fleet and fine as Phineas Newborn. Whatever tune she plays... becomes her own thing." -Owen McNally, Hartford Courant
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Here and Now
From: Survival of the FittestBy Helen Sung
Call to Order
From: Deep in the SoilBy Helen Sung
Tenor Eleven
From: TenormoreBy Helen Sung
H*Town
From: HelenistiqueBy Helen Sung
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Helen Sung
Location: New York City
Instrument: Piano
Management: Vespertine Works
